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including Kehlani and Shibuzi.
Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
Bad Bunny's DebΓ Tirar MΓ‘s Fotos, a love letter to his home island of Puerto Rico, became the first Spanish-language album to ever win Album of the Year.
During his acceptance speech, the 31-year-old spoke primarily in Spanish.
He told the people of his island that there is nothing they can't accomplish and thanked his mom for giving birth to him there.
The other big winner of the night was Kendrick Lamar.
rapper took home five Grammys total, making him the most awarded artist of the night for the second consecutive year.
He also became the most awarded rapper in Grammys history.
Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, and Olivia Dean took home some of the most notable awards at the Grammys.
All three artists used their acceptance speeches to speak out in favor of immigrant communities.
Here's Eilish accepting the award for Song of the Year.
No one is illegal on stolen land.
Olivia Dean, who won Best New Artist, spoke about coming from an immigrant family, adding, quote, those people deserve to be celebrated.
And Bad Bunny, who made history for taking home the first album of the year award given to a Spanish-language record, called for, quote, ice out.
Earlier in the day, during a pre-show ceremony where most of the awards are handed out, a handful of other artists expressed similar sentiments, including Kehlani and Shibuzi.
Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
This year's Best New Artist nominees run the gamut from an indie pop band from Los Angeles to an English soul singer.
The one thing they have in common?
They all had a breakthrough moment this year thanks to TikToks.